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NEWTOWN SQUARE–This Saturday at 10 a.m., members of the 1987 girls lacrosse team from Marple Newtown High School will celebrate their 25th
anniversary of winning the Pennsylvania State Championships on their home field.
To commemorate the occasion, the players and the team's coach, JoAnn Yusko, will present a custom team bench and plaque to current girls lacrosse coach Carolyn Firkser during the high school’s home game against Avon Grove.
The 1987 Marple Newtown girls lacrosse team went undefeated in 1987 and beat Radnor High School in the state championship game.
Of the starting 12 players from that winning team, 10 players went on to play Division 1 lacrosse in college. In addition, many of the players from the 1987 team work in the sports industry and/or coached lacrosse following college.
The team credits Yusko for instilling an avid focus on teamwork, perfecting stick stills and the motivation to work hard in every practice as if it were a
game.
Yusko coached lacrosse at Marple Newtown High school from 1981-1993 and had a record there of 315 wins and 16 loses. Currently, Yusko is a co-director of the Phantastix, one of the top girls lacrosse club teams in the nation.
Where are they now? View the table below to see where some of the 1987 Marple Newtown players moved on to play for or work for.
| Player | Post MNHS |
| Beth Carbo Cugini | Drexel University Captain (1990-1992) All American Honorable Mention (1991) Drexel Head Coach (1996-2002) Lacrosse Official Immaculata Head Coach (2009) |
| Monica DiCandilo Yeakel |
Loyola University NCAA All-American Final Four 1990 Head Coach UMBC (1997-2005) Asst. Coach Loyola (Current) |
| Carey Videon Garvey | Lafayette College Club Coach (Current) |
| Cynthia Mathes Howard | University of Virginia Captain (1990-1991) NCAA All-American National Championship (1991) |
| Tracey Kinsley | Drexel University/West Chester University Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School Coach Downingtown Middle School Coach Lacrosse Official |
| Susan Trimble Mueller |
Rutgers University |
| Mary Kay Orcutt Puchalla |
Loyola University Final Four (1990) |
| Laurie Raezer | University of Vermont |
| Amy Reese | Temple University Captain, MVP (1990) National Championships (1988) |
| Boo Mathes Shanks | University of Virginia National Championships (1991, 1993) NCAA Tournament, MVP (1993) |
| Susan Cook Shine | Loyola University Final Four (1990) |
| Meghan Mulqueen Taylor |
Delaware University Captain (1990) NCAA All-American Former Coach UCSB, Lovett School, Bishop England, Ashley Hall Club Coach (Current) |
| Joanne Summy | Delaware University |
| Sandy Taylor | Penn State University |
| Kelly McGuigan Ulmer | Loyola University Captain (1991-1992) NCAA All-American Final Four (1990) Former MNHS Assistant Lacrosse Coach Club Coach (Current) |
| Karen Boyd Victoria | Virginia Tech |
| Tara Lauria Wark | University of Virginia National Championships (1991) Former MNHS Assistant Lacrosse Coach |
| Jamie Shulman Weingartner |
Delaware University |
| JoAnn Yusko (Coach) |
West Chester University Current Director of the Phantastix (top travel league for girls in nation) |
Anthony Leone
4:34 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
And for those thinking about Memory Lane, here is the top song in 1987: "Faith" by George Michael.
KindaChubby
7:18 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Dayum Gina! That is a list of heavy hitting lax powerhouses! You go girlz!